HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), was the only Australian ship engaged in the second battle of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.
HMA Ships GERALDTON, CAIRNS, CESSNOCK, and WOLLONGONG, (minesweepers), patrolled off the beaches of Sicily, as the invasion forces fought ashore during Operation Husky.
HMAS NIZAM, (destroyer), picked up a lifeboat containing 13 survivors from the torpedoed American merchant ship SEBASTIAN CERMENO, 300 miles from the position where the ship sank off Madagascar.